Comments on: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Which Nation Has the Most Debt of All? http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/ Restraining Government in America and Around the World Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tax Freedom Day | The Daily Hatch http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-62328 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:34:16 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-62328 [...] Which nations have the most red ink. [...]

]]> By: It’s Tax Freedom Day, So Congratulation (if You Don’t Live in New York, California, New Jersey, Illinois, etc) | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-62284 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:22:36 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-62284 [...] Which nations have the most red ink. [...]

]]> By: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, which State Has the Most Bureaucrats Compared to Teachers of Them All « Sago http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-59498 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:03:51 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-59498 [...] Which nations have the most red ink. [...]

]]> By: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, which State Has the Most Bureaucrats Compared to Teachers of Them All | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-59478 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:42:09 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-59478 [...] Which nations have the most red ink. [...]

]]> By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 248) | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-57736 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:06:51 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-57736 [...] in 2010, I posted a fascinating map from the Economist website, showing debt burdens (as a share of GDP) for nations around the world. This data showed lots of [...]

]]> By: The “Happy Planet Index” Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States « The blog for taxspecialists http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-47018 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:28:37 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-47018 [...] are also more specialized rankings, such as the one measuring per-capita government debt, the Moocher Index of state-by-state government dependency, and my ranking of which President has [...]

]]> By: The “Happy Planet Index” Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-46966 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:40:07 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-46966 [...] are also more specialized rankings, such as the one measuring per-capita government debt, the Moocher Index of state-by-state government dependency, and my ranking of which President has [...]

]]> By: We must change the upward trend of spending in our country now or entitlement debt will bankrupt us « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-40700 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:35:19 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-40700 [...] in 2010, I posted a fascinating map from the Economist website, showing debt burdens (as a share of GDP) for nations around the world. This data showed lots of [...]

]]> By: Is America in Worse Fiscal Shape than Greece, France, and Italy? | Sago http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-36194 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:51:27 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-36194 [...] in 2010, I posted a fascinating map from the Economist website, showing debt burdens (as a share of GDP) for nations around the world. This data showed lots of [...]

]]> By: Is America in Worse Fiscal Shape than Greece, France, and Italy? « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-35981 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:00:26 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-35981 [...] in 2010, I posted a fascinating map from the Economist website, showing debt burdens (as a share of GDP) for nations around the world. This data showed lots of [...]

]]> By: The United Kingdom Is Doomed by a Perniciously Wimpy Form of Political Correctness | Sago http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-30602 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:59:51 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-30602 [...] I get pessimistic about the future when I think about wasteful spending programs that will drive almost all developed nations into bankruptcy. And America is on that list, by the way, because of our poorly designed entitlement [...]

]]> By: The United Kingdom Is Doomed by a Perniciously Wimpy Form of Political Correctness « We Win They Lose http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-30534 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:26:31 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-30534 [...] I get pessimistic about the future when I think about wasteful spending programs that will drive almost all developed nations into bankruptcy. And America is on that list, by the way, because of our poorly designed entitlement [...]

]]> By: The United Kingdom Is Doomed by a Perniciously Wimpy Form of Political Correctness - OBAMA-B-GONE http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-30472 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:37:03 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-30472 [...] I get pessimistic about the future when I think about wasteful spending programs that will drive almost all developed nations into bankruptcy. And America is on that list, by the way, because of our poorly designed entitlement programs. [...]

]]> By: The United Kingdom Is Doomed by a Perniciously Wimpy Form of Political Correctness « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-30430 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:07:14 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-30430 [...] I get pessimistic about the future when I think about wasteful spending programs that will drive almost all developed nations into bankruptcy. And America is on that list, by the way, because of our poorly designed entitlement [...]

]]> By: Which European Nation Will Be the Next Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States? | Federal Reservations http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-6810 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:27:59 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6810 [...] rule of thumb. This chart, based on 2010 data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map), shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very [...]

]]> By: Which Nation Will Be the Next European Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States? (Cato @ Liberty Blog) http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-6799 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:16:12 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6799 [...] rule of thumb. This chart, based on 2010 data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map), shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very [...]

]]> By: Which Nation Will Be the Next European Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States? | Cato @ Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-6780 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:08:12 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6780 [...] rule of thumb. This chart, based on 2010 data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map), shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very [...]

]]> By: Which Nation Will Be the Next European Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States? « The Market Center Blog http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-6767 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:02:47 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6767 [...] rule of thumb. This chart, based on 2010 data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map), shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very [...]

]]> By: Which Nation Will Be the Next European Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States? « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-6757 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:03:56 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-6757 [...] not necessarily a good rule of thumb. This data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (which can be viewed with a very user-friendly map) shows that Japan’s debt is nearly 200 percent of GDP, yet Japanese debt is considered very [...]

]]> By: Stephen MacLean http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-3979 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:01:33 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-3979 Thanks for the clarification!

I must admit, I was stunned by the Canadian numbers that The Economist debt map provided. My recent readings have been using pre-fiscal crisis numbers so, while aware of the increase of debt due to government stimulus, I was hardly prepared for the reality of the figures.

I did a follow-up with one of my favourite analysts North-of-the-border, Neil Reynolds, and he provided this staggering assessment of Canada’s overall public debt burden.

So much for the gains hard-won by the vaunted Canadian economic miracle of the mid-90s.

]]> By: Michael E. Newton http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-3974 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:50:09 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-3974 Stephen: “Total Annual Debt Change” appears to be the percentage change in debt from the previous year.

]]> By: Stephen MacLean http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-3973 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:29:44 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-3973 From The Economist site, can anyone shed light on what ‘Total Annual Debt Change’ means?

]]> By: Michael E. Newton http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-nation-has-the-most-debt-of-all/#comment-3972 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:27:12 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=5405#comment-3972 Wow! The US has $8.5 trillion in public debt. Japan has $10.6 trillion.

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